Seasons in Poetry

Here is a page last updated March 1, 2010 called "Seasons in Poetry."

I have a lot of new poetry collections that I would recommend since then, but it's still fun to look back at my past thinking!

Winter

Snow
by Cynthia Rylant

Talking Like the Rain: A Read-to-Me Book of Poems
ed. by X. J. Kennedy et al.

• "Winter Morning" by Ogden Nash
• "Cynthia in the Snow" by Gwendolyn Brooks
• "First Snowflake" by N.M. Bodecker

Poetry of Earth
illus. by Adrienne Adams

• "Velvet Shoes" by Elinor Wylie

Poetry Speaks to Children book & CD
ed. by Elise Paschen, et al.

• "Skating in the Wind" by Kristine O'Connell George
• "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost - read by the poet
• "Winter" by W.D. Snodgrass - read by the poet

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Spring

Basho and the Fox
by Tim Myers

Basho and the River Stones
by Tim Myers

How to Write Haiku and Other Short Poems
by Paul Janeczko

Red Dragonfly on My Shoulder
ed. by Sylvia Cassedy

Eric Carle's Animals Animals
ed. by Laura Whipple

Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin
by Lloyd Moss

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Summer

The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Poetry
ed. by Alison Sage

Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud
by Lynn Plourde

Every Time I Climb a Tree
by David McCord

• "Glowworm"
• "Far Away"
• "The Grasshopper"
• "Bananas and Cream"

The Dragons Are Singing Tonight
by Jack Prelutsky

• "I Am Boom!"

Handsprings
by Douglas Florian

• "Growing"
• "Rain Song"
• "Rain Reign"

Insectlopedia
by Douglas Florian

• "The Army Ants"
• "The Inchworm"
• "The Praying Mantis"
• "The Whirligig Beetles"
• "The Termites"
• "The Locusts"

Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky
by Georgia Heard

• "Hummingbird"
• "Fishes"
• "Frog Serenade"

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Autumn

Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein

Here's a Little Poem
ed. by Jane Yolen, et al

Whose Garden Is It?
by Mary Ann Hoberman

I Love You As Much…
by Laura Krauss Melmed

In the Land of Elves
by Daniela Drescher

Child of Faerie, Child of Earth
by Jane Yolen

Louella Mae, She's Run Away!
by Karen Beaumont Alarcón

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Around the Year

Just found an old page from 2006 (Becca would have been just 1) called "Around the Year" and it's so sweet. I would do this project again if I still had little ones and was doing a Nature Table. I was keeping track of what bloomed when, and what curriculum resources I had to match.

Around the Year
East Coast United States
zone 7

January

Sasanqua -- fall blooming camellia -- January 11

winter honeysuckle

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February

Vinca minor -- periwinkle -- February 10

snowdrops -- February 17

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March

crocus -- March 7

daffodils -- March 10

forsythia

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April

cherry tree -- Song of the Wild Cherry Blossom Fairy -- April 7

tulips

the first dandelions -- When the Wind Stops by Charlotte Zolotow -- April 27

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May

reblooming iris -- first bloom -- May 2

dwarf korean lilac -- May 13

azaleas

strawberries -- pick strawberries

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June

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July

wineberries -- pick wineberries -- July 2

zinnias -- Song of the Zinnia Fairy -- July 26

sunflowers -- July 29

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August

blackberries -- pick blackberries -- August 1

lavender -- Song of the Lavender Fairy -- August 5

daylilies -- August 9

small cornhusk doll for Nature table -- August 13

morning glories -- August 16

peach tree -- pick peaches -- August 18

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September

crab apple tree -- pick crab apples -- Song of the Crab-Apple Fairy -- September 14

sweet gum -- gather gumballs -- September 29

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October

black walnut -- gather nuts -- October 13

oak tree -- gather acorn caps for Felt Wee Folk -- October 19

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November

dogwood berries -- November 1

ivy leaves -- November 14

pine tree -- gather pinecones -- November 22

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December

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